Seeing with Their Hearts : : Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City, 1871-1933 / / Maureen A. Flanagan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Flanagan, Maureen A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 24 halftones.

At the turn of the last century, as industrialists and workers made Chicago the hardworking City of Big Shoulders celebrated by Carl Sandburg, Chicago women articulated an alternative City of Homes in which the welfare of residents would be the municipal government's principal purpose. Seeing W...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures
• Acronyms
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction City of Big Shoulders or City of Homes? Re-envisioning Urban History
• Part One CRAFTING THE VISION
• One "The Whole Work Has Been Committed to the Hands of Women": Women Respond to the Fire of 1871
• Two "Thoughtful Women Are Needed": Forming Groups and Forging Alliances
• Part Two EXPANDING THE VISION
• Three "The First Thing Is to Create Public Sentiment and Then Express It at Every Opportunity": The Growth of Progressive Activism
• Four "The Welfare of the Community Requires the Admission of Women to Full Citizenship": The Campaign for Municipal Suffrage, 1896-1912
• Five "To Bring Together Women Interested in Promoting the Welfare of the City": The Expansion of Women's Municipal Work, 1910-16
• Part Three CAMPAIGNING FOR THE VISION
• Six "I Do Not Think the Husband Will Influence the Wife's Vote in Municipal Affairs": Women as Voters and Potential Officeholders, 1913-19
• Seven "Looking Out for the Interests of the People": Municipal Activism through the 1920s
• Eight "I Am the Only Woman on Their Entire Ticket": The End of an Era
• Conclusion Chicago Remains the City of Big Shoulders
• Appendixes
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index